A woman was killed and three sheriff’s deputies were wounded when a\u00a0gunman opened fire\u00a0early Sunday during a fight in the parking lot of a Houston nightclub, authorities said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The shooting erupted at 2:20 a.m. outside Set Nightclub in the city’s Midtown neighborhood, and police said they arrested a man suspected of being the alleged gunman when he turned up at a hospital to be treated for a gunshot wound, Assistant Chief Troy Fenner of the Houston Police Department said at a news conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The suspect’s name was not immediately released. Fenner said the suspect is a man in his mid- to late-20s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fenner said it was not immediately clear how the suspected gunman was shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The three Harris County Sheriff’s deputies were moonlighting at the nightclub as security and were in full uniform when they were shot, according to the assistant chief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The woman who was shot was pronounced dead after being taken to a hospital. Her name is being withheld by police pending notification of her relatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fenner said the shooting occurred shortly after the nightclub closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“There was a fight that broke out. The deputies were attempting to break up the fight. We have one suspect that began to fire upon the deputies,” Fenner said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said the motive for the shooting remained under investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Two of them I\u2019ve talked with directly, and they\u2019re in fairly good spirits. Their families are scared but relieved,” Gonzalez said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said the third deputy was undergoing surgery Sunday morning and is expected to make a full recovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It was a tragic night, but it could have been a lot worse,” Gonzalez said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He described all three deputies as “fairly seasoned” members of the department, saying one has been a member of the sheriff’s office for about five years, and two are 11-year veterans of the agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gonzalez noted that the shooting came a day after Harris County Sheriff Sgt. Bruce Watson, a 20-year veteran of the department, was killed in a motorcycle crash in Houston.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Watson had just finished an off-duty job leading a funeral procession and was on his way home when he was involved in a crash with an SUV around 1:15 p.m., officials said. He was taken to Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in Houston, where he was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt was a very scary moment at the heels of what we went through just last night,” Gonzalez said of the shooting and the death of Watson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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